How then was it reputed? When he was in circumcision or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.

quomodo ergo reputata est in circumcisione an in praeputio non in circumcisione sed in praeputio

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And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

For the law worketh wrath. For where there is no law, neither is there transgression.

lex enim iram operatur ubi enim non est lex nec praevaricatio

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Therefore is it of faith, that according to grace the promise might be firm to all the seed: not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,